Several dozen people from around Chicagoland gathered early this morning outside Plumbers Hall in Chicago to board buses and travel to Madison, Wisconsin. There, they'll join thousands of Badger State teachers, nurses, emergency medical technicians, and other public employees battling legislation pushed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker and GOP legislators that would strip public workers of their collective bargaining rights. Progress Illinois caught up with a few of the protesters before they headed north. Take a look: